The Harp of the Grey Rose

By Charles de Lint

Book Overview

The compelling and powerful first novel from World Fantasy Award winner Charles de Lint!

He is the Songweaver, but before he was a master of song he was merely Cerin of Wran Cheaping--a seventeen-year-old orphan raised by a wildland witch. Then he encountered the Maid of the Grey Rose--the lone survivor of the war that devastated the Trembling Lands and the promised bride of Yarac Stone-Slayer, the feared and terrible Waster. The mysterious beauty captured Cerin's heart, drawing him into a world both dark and deadly, until armed with only a tinkerblade and the magic of song, he would take on a man's challenge . . . and choose a treacherous path toward a magnificent destiny.

"Charles de Lint is one of the most gifted storytellers writing fantasy today."--Locus

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142400602
• ISBN13: 9780142400609
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Not his best, but I liked it

This was a quick, enjoyable read, but it is readily apparent that this was his first novel. It pulls too heavily from other sources and doesn't have deLint's distinctive voice that make his later stories so spell-binding.

Very Good Book

I read this book and couldn't put it down. It keeps you in the book and makes you wish you were there. It was like The Riddle of the Wren, but The Harp of the Grey Rose missed out on some of the details it had. The only thing that wasn't great about the book, is that it seemed like two stories. Besides that, this is a great book and you should buy it.

great companion to Riddle of the Wren

This is a wonderful book! Its not exactly a sequel to Riddle of the Wren, but set in the same universe, with the same hoary feel to it. Not one of his more well-known books, but I loved it as a kid and still do. Both are a definite must-read if you love old high fantasy.